European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 9, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 i the what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press International. The Charleston . Gazette fifty years ago the . Government directed various experiments that exposed thousands of human subjects to potentially harmful Levels of radiation without their knowledge or consent. The Public Only recently became aware of the extent of the tests. The individuals affected have scattered disappeared or  officials who ordered the tests Are Long since retired or dead. The victims Are gone and so Are the perpetrators and the Public is left with the knowledge of an outrage committed half Century ago. The revelations. Show How dangerous too much secrecy can be. Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis whether american taxpayers should compensate victims of . Nuclear experiments and which victims and in what amounts is an Issue that will require substantial discussion. But Energy Secretary Hazel o Leary was courageous and right to publicly put the Issue of compensation before Congress and the american Public. The Seattle times a toys for guns offer made by a carpet merchant in new York proved so successful that the a act has pledged to replicate the concept in similar Swap programs nationwide in 1994 it gives Ordinary citizens and business people a stake in the fight and shows them  can Bedone. ". ". The Sun Herald Biloxi Gulfport miss. Most people with any interest in the Congress of the United states know that the congressional record is at least in part phony. It works this Way a member seeks consent to revise and extend his remarks a request that is routinely granted. The clerk is then Given copy usually written by a congressional staff member that goes into the record. Now there is Hope this foolishness May come to an end. Rep. Robert Walker r-pa., wants the rules changed so that no House member May alter or add to what has been said on the floor. His proposal has preliminary committee approval and will be acted upon when Congress . The Coshocton Ohio Tribune a glance Over the presidential year reveals How thoroughly the voters repudiation of George Bush succeeded. Disillusioned with a casually overconfident manager interested mainly in foreign affairs the electorate traded him in for an energetic Young activist propounding a government remedy for every Domestic ill. The new Era of democratic vigor at the White House has mainly featured Liberal social Reform. By rejecting. Bush in november 1992,62 percent of the electorate chose change. A year into the Clinton administration it is Clear that they mostly got it for better and worse. The Star Ledger Newark . The latest Batch of economic statistics is generally Good indicating surprising strength in Many components of the Economy. It raises Hopes that at last we May be moving from an anaemic recovery to a stage in which there will be faster growth the Middlesex news Framingham mass. Identical twins often have a special Bond born of shared physical characteristics and life experiences. But that does t mean twins by definition Are so close that death or disfigurement of one should entitle the other to special Legal compensation assigning special victim s status to twins is Only the face he has to look at every mornin6 latest in the Legal profession s never ending quest for new ways to milk big Bucks out of corporations and insurance companies. It s a form of double jeopardy our Legal system Cand without. St. Louis Post dispatch a High school principal in Jackson miss who was fired for letting students read prayers Over the building intercom won his Job Back at the end of the school year but the controversy Over his action is sure to persist. ". Basically the conflict is this the . Supreme court has consistently ruled that prescribed prayer in school is unconstitutional but principal Bishop Knox disagrees and he decided to disregard a Legal opinion from the school District s attorney. He should stick to educational advice and leave the Law to the lawyers. All students have every right to be Able to participate fully in every official activity in their own school. Students who want to Pray have ample Opportunity in their Home or their Church or Evert in school silently to themselves. If students Are looking for guidance they got bad advice from or. Knox. The Constitution is a better source. The Plain dealer Cleveland. A somewhere Down below Hitler is smiling. He s Happy because at Kean College in Union ., someone spewed anti semitic acid hate filled speech  to make Hitler s scrapbook. And he s Happy because Many of those who were in the audience apparently found no problem with it. They found no problem that nation of islam representative Khalid Abdul Muhammad repeatedly attacked jews during his comments. We believe in free speech even if the opinions expressed Are odious. We just think Muhammad should espouse his views in the place that honors them most the Berlin Bunker where Adolf Hitler expelled his last bigoted breath. Pittsburgh Post Gazette when the soviet Union disintegrated fledgling Kremlin Logiste wondered if they would retain their traditional inside track on key positions in the . Foreign policy establishment. The appointment of Strobe Talbott to the no. 2 position at the state department should ease the occupational anxiety of russian scholars Given the uncertainty generated by the recent russian elections the presence of an old Russia hand in the High councils of the administration does t seem like such a cold War anachronism. The Milwaukee journal several jewish organizations and the israeli government have urged president Clinton to commute the life sentence that was imposed on Jonathan Pollard a former civilian employee of the . Navy following his 1985 conviction on charges of spying for Israel. While doubts exist about the fairness of that sentence new evidence strongly suggests that Pollard does not deserve the Early release he and his supporters seek. Perhaps he does t deserve to spend the rest of his life behind bars but he certainly does t deserve to be freed prematurely. Chicago Sun times the irony in the Calls for a special prosecutor to investigate president and Hillary Clinton s roles in the Arkansas land Deal and saving and loan failure is too delicious to ignore when the White House was occupied by their Guy republicans were against appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate crimes and misdemeanours. But when the White House is occupied by the other party s Guy they re for it. Same goes for the democrats who were hot for a special prosecutor until it was their Guy in the White House. No wonder americans Are cynical about politicians. The Sun Baltimore the revolt of oppressed indians in the southernmost mexican state of Chiapas As the North american free Trade agreement took effect new year s Day has roots far deeper than the elimination of tariffs Between two Distant  while Naftal is feared among mexican peasants As still another device to Rob them of their land its Impact on descendants of the Mayas in the Jungles and Hills near the guatemalan Border is Remote. While agitation if not rebellion is justified in a backward Region Tike Chiapas free Trade and Mexico s eventual breakthrough into the first world Economy should be of Benefit to millions of Peoples who have never realized the promises of revolutions. The Boston Globe while the dimensions of revolutionary violence i Mexico s Chiapas state remain unclear it would be a mistake to underestimate the depth of the economic cultural and political forces that have driven it to the surface. The transition from isolated Rural poverty to a More promising economic stage will be difficult under the Best of circumstances. The North american free Trade agreement has created a moral obligation for its affluent participants to make that change As painless As possible and to confront squarely the underlying causes of the Chiapas uprising. Los Angeles times let s keep something straight about the new regulations on vitamins issued by the food and drug administration. The Fra is not saying do not take  the Agency is not saying do not sell  it is Only requiring that Vitamin and dietary supplement makers provide us with accurate information. Providing accurate nutritional and health information to Consumers should be a High priority for the dietary supplement Industry. Until now the Industry was barely subject to regulation. The Fra requirements should enhance Confidence among health conscious americans the very Consumers of vitamins and minerals. 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